MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'critics'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3726557&cid=t_165974_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fcalifornia-plastic-surgeon-dr-kimberly-henry-sues-negative-reviewers%2F In a case sure to cheer all physicians who have had bad reviews in online comment forums and who cannot respond because of HIPAA violations, California plastic surgeon Dr. Kimberly Henry has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against three online critics. She is claiming libel and defamation, invasion of privacy, and interference with prospective economic advantage. Some of the critical comments were registered with DoctorScorecard.com, who initially complied with a subpoena for the reviewers IP addresses and emails. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3726557 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:17:14 +0100 3726557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3247079&cid=t_165974_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FGYiFuKXrHrw%2F The 12 Steps work for women Women and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous: A Gendered Narrative This paper examines how women “work” the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) from a gendered perspective. Feminist critics of AA have challenged the language of AA’s Twelve Steps, the spiritual nature of the steps, and the male-dominated culture of the Twelve-Step program. This paper offers insight into how women in AA approach, interpret, and utilize the Twelve Steps to recover from alcoholism. Through survey and narrative data, findings suggests that women working AA’s Twelve Steps become empowered and change for the better in spite of the male-dominated culture and language of the Twelve Steps and regardless of the difficulty they may have encountered in completing th... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3247079 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:26:09 +0100 3247079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347888&cid=t_165974_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fsusan-boyle-proves-its-never-too-late%2F Today, I was inspired and moved beyond words. Flicking on the television this morning, I was captivated by this news piece… Embedded video from CNN Video Watch Susan’s full performance on Britain’s Got Talent here. (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347888 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:26:15 +0100 2347888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1347273&cid=t_165974_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F04%2Fpeta-tries-to-intimidate-critic-of-its.html Apparently the critical word that PETA euthanizes dogs and cats has gotten under the skin of its leadership. Thus when Gina Spadafori, a writer about pet issues, contended that these animals were brought to PETA to be placed in homes, PETA threatened to sue for defamation. From the lawyer's letter: The animals that you are referencing were not brought to PETA to find new homes. These animals were brought to, or picked up by, PETA because they were unadoptable for a variety of reasons, and had been surrendered precisely because they were not adoptable. Many of these animals were sick, and euthanasia brought them a peaceful release from the suffering that they endured.Hmmm. The use of the word "many" in the above passage indicates that at least some of the animals PETA killed were not sick. ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1347273 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:46:00 +0100 1347273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551378&cid=t_165974_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fbush-cant-keep-his-lies-straight.html Keith Olbermann lists all the various reasons and excuses Bush has used to justify the Iraq war.I had a roommate once who was a total sociopath, and it took me less than a month to realize that all his "reasons" were really excuses. In fact, he did what he did because he wanted to do it and gave whatever excuse he thought would work that moment. He really had no clue that sane people keep track of these things.It's been clear for a long, long time that whatever reason exists in George Bush's mind for the war - if any mind or reason exists in any commonly understood sense - it probably isn't one of his utterly disposable excuses.I stopped keeping score long ago, so I hadn't realized how very damming the sum of his lies had become. But it is truly damning, and indicative of someone utterly i... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551378 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551378